We're professional athletes. People know who we are, and if there's some way we can help with a friend or someone in need, that's a responsibility we have. I really strongly believe that.
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With the responsibility of being a professional athlete, I believe that it is on us to go out there and help people.
Athletes know kids look up to them, and it's important for athletes to be responsible.
Anything you can do to help someone, I just think it's so important because there's a lot of kids that look up athletes of all size and shapes in a lot of different fields, not necessarily in the basketball field. They get involved emotionally with those people because there's something about certain athletes that people rally around.
As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.
I think being an athlete prepares you for more things than people give us credit for.
We know that in order for us to turn this around, it doesn't matter how many coaches they bring in here, assistants, weight trainers, whoever, we're the ones that are going to have turn it around. And I think just took that responsibility on ourselves.
All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
I try to encourage all my teammates, and I sure hope that some day all athletes - my kids, high school kids - get the same level of care I get. Because you can play for a long period of time without having knee replacements, without having all the major head trauma that people are dealing with.
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.
It isn't just sports people that need someone to look up to - everyone needs that: LGBT people, the general public. To be honest, it's nice to feel that I can inspire so many people in so many areas of public life.
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